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Hartley Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Harcla; Hardcla
In the civil parish of Hartley.
In the historic county of Westmorland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
The manor, possibly with a manor house, was confiscated circa 1315 from Roger de Clifford and granted to Andrew de Harcla. Fortified in 1323 it was granted to Ralph de Nevill and later purchased by Thomas de Musgrave who received a licence to crenellate in 1353 because it had frequently in the past been burnt by the Scots. The house was improved during C17, It was abandoned circa 1677 and a sketch of 1692 shows a thick, high curtain wall enclosing a square outer court, with an inner court enclosed by three and four storey buildings. It was then demolished 1704-35. Late C18 house built in outer court incorporating the remains of part of the vaulted cellar to the former kitchen and part of mid C14 Curtain Wall.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1353 Oct 4.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 73337)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY78270823
PastScape number;
14620
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 02777
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p280
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p57
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p263
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p274 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p59
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p492
RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p101
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p189, 207-8
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p286-7
Taylor, M.W., 1892, The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland (CWAAS extra series Vol8) p159-63
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p416
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol2 p310
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1350-54) p493
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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